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10 Feb 2016

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MPs pay rises for second time in less than a year

MPs will see their salaries rise by almost £1,000 after the parliamentary pay watchdog signed off another increase. …

… The £952 rise comes just months after the body pushed through a controversial 10 per cent salary increase despite opposition from some MPs and trade unions. …

… It will take the basic wage for all 650 MPs to £74,962 a year, with ministers earning up to another £68,000 on top of that.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12149835/MPs-pay-to-rise-by-another-1000-just-months-after-10-per-cent-salary-hike-signed-off.html

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  1. “MPs salaries are now automatically linked to average public sector pay. The provisional 1.3 per cent figure will be confirmed by the ONS in a month’s time.”

    Tell that to Devon County Council employees who will be being made redundant due to “austerity” cuts. Their “pay rise” will be minus 100%.

    There is nothing to stop parliament overturning this decision and refusing the pay rise. But I really can’t see MPs voting for their trough NOT to be enlarged.

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